Recombinant leptin exchanges between parabiosed mice but does not reach equilibrium

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 6 41-6, 1997, Pages

  Harris, Ruth B S ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a   Weigle, David S ^b   Kuijper, Joseph L ^c  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ZYMOGENETICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood exchange; Energy balance; Half life; Lipostatic factor

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS CIRCULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; HALF LIFE TIME; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PARABIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY;

EID: 0030875272     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.6.r1800     Document Type: Article

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